I have been gone a while, ..

[StarlightDobe]

But I am back, after losing my two sweet girls back in 2021 and 2022, and acquiring a new girl.
Nexus passed in Oct. 2021 from cancer, it was a hard hit, then 9 months later, in July 2022, we lost Bella to complications from arthritis and spinal issues. Lily retired from service work in 2022, and is living the life, being spoiled and happy.
We got a new baby in Dec. 2021, her name is Ember, and she is my show girl. We are doing conformation, and scentwork right now, with plans to do barn hunt in the near future. Her formal name is Lyndobes Embers Dancing in Starlight V Sundell, ATT, WAC, and she was born on Oct 24, 2021 (3 weeks afrer we lost Nexus). She also ocompeted in UKC conformation and got her UKC Ch. in March of this year. She also competed in a scentwork trial last year and got one Q toward her interiors.
Photos: Nexus & Bella, together at the Rainvoe Bridge. / Lily relaxing on "her" couch and enjoying retirement / Ember with her suckie floof / Ember with he rUKC ribbons when she finished her Ch. / Ember's first AKC specialty show, RWB.

 

[JanS]

Wow welcome back - it's great to see you here again!

Ember is a beautiful girl who is going places and Lily looks great.

 

[Kaiser2016]

Oh wow, a household with female Dobes only. That means you must have successfully avoided same sex aggression. Always nice to see examples of where this works. They all look happy! Sorry to hear about the besties passing so closely in time. Looks like Lily and Ember have been keeping you busy. Welcome back!

 

[MyBuddy]

Welcome back! So sorry to hear of your losses. Always hard to bear. Pictures of Lily and Ember are heartwarming and I'm sure help fill the void. Thanks for the update!

 

[Ravenbird]

Beautiful photos! There's a couple of us here doing nose work and loving how the dogs love it! Would love to see more of your girl, hope to see some nose work updates and conversation with her in that thread here!

Nosework Thread

 

[Ddski5]

Welcome back…
Glad to see you continuing on with your passion.

 

[StarlightDobe]

Oh wow, a household with female Dobes only. That means you must have successfully avoided same sex aggression. Always nice to see examples of where this works. They all look happy! Sorry to hear about the besties passing so closely in time. Looks like Lily and Ember have been keeping you busy. Welcome back!

we have always had females, and at one time had 3 at a time, but they were all spayed, so that might make a difference.

 

[StarlightDobe]

Beautiful photos! There's a couple of us here doing nose work and loving how the dogs love it! Would love to see more of your girl, hope to see some nose work updates and conversation with her in that thread here!

Nosework Thread

thank you!! We will attempt to post some training videos from our last round of classes, and hopefully whenthe new sessions start as well.